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GAI coding assistant and agents for editors, terminal, desktop and GitHub
Free, from $10/mo
Cursor vs Kiro
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
C
Choose Cursor if…
- you want the lower entry price ($8/mo vs $20/mo)
- you work on macOS, Slack
- you're in its core audience: software developers, engineering teams
K
Choose Kiro if…
- you're in its core audience: software developers, engineering teams
Side by side
Feature Cursor Kiro
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$8/mo$20/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentYes, unless you opt out—
Data retentionKept only as long as necessary for operations and legitimate business needs—
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 42001—
Updates, last 90 days59
Agent mode
CLI / terminal
Cloud agents
AI PR review
MCP support
PlatformsmacOS, Web, SlackWeb
CategoryCode AssistantsCode Assistants
CompanyAnysphere, Inc.AWS
Based in——
Founded——
Part ofSpaceX—
Key features
C Cursor
- Agent mode that plans and builds features from prompts
- Cloud agents running tasks in parallel on own machines
- Command-line agent installable via curl
- Slack integration that opens pull requests
- AI code reviews on GitHub PRs via Bugbot
- Model choice across OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, SpaceXAI, Cursor
- Cmd+K targeted inline edits
- Privacy mode excluding code from training
K Kiro
- Turns prompts into requirements, designs and task lists
- Parallel agents running locally or in the cloud
- Property-based tests to catch edge cases
- Checks requirements for contradictions and gaps
- Headless CLI for PR reviews in CI/CD
- Agent hooks that run tasks on triggers
- Model choice: Claude, GPT-5.6, open-weight or Auto
- Supports MCP, AGENTS.md and Agent Client Protocol
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Cursor
Free$0/month
Plus$8/month
Premium$30/month
Super$100/month
Ultra$200/month
Teams$30+/user/month
EnterpriseCustom
Kiro
Kiro Free$0
Kiro Pro$20
Kiro Pro+$40
Kiro Pro Max$100
Kiro Power$200
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
Cursor
- Free plan available
- Works in desktop, terminal, Slack and GitHub
- Supports models from several providers
- SOC 2, ISO27001 and ISO42001 certified
- Plus plan is limited to Grok models
- Third-party model usage is billed separately at API list price
- Cloud agents and code reviews require Premium ($30/month) or higher
- Prices exclude taxes
Kiro
- Free plan with 50 credits per month
- No daily or weekly rate limits on paid plans
- Choice of many models, plus an Auto mode
- IDE supports Open VSX extensions and VS Code settings
- Unused monthly credits do not roll over
- Each team member needs their own subscription
- Use through third-party automation harnesses is not permitted
- Not all premium models are available in all regions
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